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Sun Feb 4 2001 07:52:40  Christal Jean Jones, 16 - body found January 2 New York Dead Vermont teen linked to Bronx hooker ring -- (NY Daily News) Police found the young woman dead of an apparent drug overdose, nearly 300 miles from home, trapped in what cops suspect was a prostitution ring that lured troubled Vermont teens into the gritty underground world of Bronx crime. Sun Feb 4 2001 07:45:35  Von Schwarc- on the run since September 2, 2000 Fort Myers, Florida Suspect behind $3.5 million Fort Myers Brinks' heist caught -- (TBO-Florida) Authorities in Mexico have arrested the man the FBI believes is behind a multimillion dollar burglary at a Brinks' warehouse five months ago. Sun Feb 4 2001 07:23:35  Waukesha, Wisconsin Jury finds Mark Chmura not guilty -- (JS Online) Jury takes 2 hours to decide former Packer didn't sexually assault girl. Sat Feb 3 2001 22:24:13  Muskegon, Michigan Teen gets 9 to 40 years in prison -- (Freep) Muskegon County Circuit Judge William C. Marietti on Friday ordered William Kitchen III 15, to serve between nine and 40 years in prison for the June 14 armed robbery of Jamell McClendon, 24, and her sister, Josephine McClendon, 21. Sat Feb 3 2001 19:41:00  Washington Police investigate second killing at Gallaudet University -- (Star Tribune) The body of a male student was found in a fourth-floor dormitory room on the Washington, D.C., campus early Saturday morning. Cogswell Hall is the same dormitory where Eric F. Plunkett, 19, of Burnsville, Minn., was found beaten to death in a first-floor room Sept. 28. Emergency crews responding to a fire alarm at 4:15 a.m. Saturday found an unconscious male, but they did not find any smoke or fire in the building, according to university officials. Sat Feb 3 2001 18:42:57  Coral Springs, Florida Coral Springs pharmacist gets 16-year sentence -- (Sun Sentinel) Donald Arneson, 59, was convicted in October of all 64 counts of conspiracy to illegally distribute drugs prescribed by Dr. Barbara Mazzella. The drugs included millions of tablets of Percocet, Hydrocodone, Vicodin and other painkillers. At least eight of her patients died of overdoses or suicides using drugs she prescribed and Arneson sold, federal prosecutors said. Sat Feb 3 2001 17:22:23  Boisbriand, Quebec Quebec community shocked after infant dies, twin injured by apparent abuse -- (Cnews) Local residents expressed outrage Friday after a three-month-old boy died and his twin brother suffered 11 fractured ribs in what one doctor called the worst case of child abuse he has ever seen. Police were investigating after the baby died earlier this week hours after he was rushed to hospital experiencing convulsions. Sat Feb 3 2001 17:17:43  ELISABETH HUSTER, 9 - last seen August 31, 1996 Karen Lee Huster, 41 - arraigned on murder charge Washington County, Washington Mother arraigned in daughter's death -- (The Oregonian) A woman who eluded authorities for seven months was arraigned Friday in Washington County court on a charge that she killed her 9-year-old daughter more than four years ago. Sat Feb 3 2001 17:07:35  Hanover, New Hampshire Investigation widens in murders of Dartmouth professors -- (Fox) Investigators are interviewing people who knew Half and Susanne Zantop both in the United States and abroad, Assistant Attorney General Kelly Ayotte said. The couple were found dead in their home Jan. 27. Sat Feb 3 2001 16:57:10  JILL BEHRMAN, 19 - vanished May 31, 2000 Bloomington, Indiana Clues still sought in disappearance -- (The Hoosier Times) Investigators Thursday worked in the Maple Grove area between Bloomington and Ellettsville, interviewing or re-interviewing people who might know something about what happened on the day Jill Behrman disappeared while on a bike ride. Sat Feb 3 2001 16:53:10 Waukesha, Wisconsin Lawyers clash as testimony comes to an end -- (JS Online) An assistant prosecutor testified today he never pressured a key defense witness in Mark Chmura's sexual assault trial to change his story, and the lawyers erupted in clashes that the judge had to mediate. Sat Feb 3 2001 16:38:00  XIANA FAIRCHILD, 7 - vanished December 9, 1999 Vallejo, California Klass says skull probably Xiana's -- (Vallejo Times-Herald) Marc Klaas, a missing children's advocate and father of kidnapped and murdered Polly Klaas, believes the skull found in the Santa Cruz mountains last Friday could be Xiana Fairchild's. Skull found in Los Gatos confirmed as that of missing Vallejo girl -- (KCBS) Santa Clara County authorities say DNA test results from a child's skull that was found in the Los Gatos hills last month match DNA samples from missing seven-year-old Xiana Fairchild of Vallejo. Sat Feb 3 2001 14:27:10  Sacramento, California Youth crime comes full circle -- (Sac Bee) Today, California and the rest of America have lost their patience with juvenile offenders even though crime rates among young people continue to decrease, bucking the dire predictions for the so-called "boomlet" generation. Sat Feb 3 2001 13:19:00  Russia and United States Adopted Russian children killed in the United States -- (NJO News) The most tragic international adoption cases end in death. Two children adopted from Russia have been killed and their parents held responsible. Sat Feb 3 2001 12:10:46  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania He stabbed father to death over a cigarette -- (Philly.com) A son got so angry last year at his father for charging him 30 cents for a cigarette and then locking him out of their home that he stabbed him to death. Robert Lawton, 43, pleaded guilty Thursday to murder in the May 10 slaying of his father, Thomas Lawton, 65. Sat Feb 3 2001 12:00:10  Middleton, Connecticut Police find props were actually real guns -- (Boston.com) Middletown police recovered what were thought to be three prop guns stolen from a theatrical production at Wesleyan University, only to discover the guns were real. Sat Feb 3 2001 11:57:13  Los Angeles Rapper Sean ''Puffy'' Combs sued by Beverly Hills tenant -- (Boston.com) ) Her rent was $25,000 a month, but Inge Bongo says the Beverly Hills home she rented from hip-hop mogul Sean ''Puffy'' Combs was closer to a slum than a mansion. Combs is on trial in New York on charges of gun possession and bribery. Sat Feb 3 2001 11:54:37  New York Nassau cop denies sexual assault -- (Boston.com) A Nassau County police officer accused in separate incidents of forcing female motorists to perform oral sex in exchange for their release said Friday that sexual contact in one case was consensual and part of a long-term affair he was having with his accuser. Officer Matthew Murphy, 36, has been charged with two counts of sodomy in connection with the separate allegations. Sat Feb 3 2001 11:50:51  Wall Township, New Jersey 8-year-old keeps getting jury duty notices -- (Boston.com) Kyle Connor is perfectly willing to report for jury duty. But he'd have to ask his mom for a ride and get his teacher to give him the day off from school. Connor is 8 years old. Sat Feb 3 2001 11:40:47  William Michael Stankewicz, 55 - charged with two counts of attempted homicide, seven counts of aggravated assault and one count of bringing a weapon onto school property Felton, Pennsylvania Former teacher accused in machete attack at school -- (Nando) A former teacher accused of storming into an elementary school with a machete and injuring several people had served prison time for threatening his former mail-order bride. Sat Feb 3 2001 10:49:48  John E. Robinson Sr. - alleged 'Slavemaster' serial killer Kansas City, Kansas Prosecutors to lay out case against Robinson on Monday -- (Kansas City Star) Eight months after authorities found the first bodies folded into barrels, the case against John E. Robinson Sr. will be presented for the first time starting Monday. Sat Feb 3 2001 10:33:48  Sao Paulo, Brazil Austrian couple found dead in Brazil tourist town -- (Reuters) An Austrian couple on vacation in northeastern Brazil has been found dead in a ransacked home where police also found traces of cocaine and marijuana, a police official said on Saturday. Sat Feb 3 2001 10:25:49  Zhiy-zang Chen - stalked blind busker Seattle, Washington Blind woman's stalker gets 15 months; he'll likely be deported to China after prison term -- (Seattle Times) She's a familiar figure outside Mariner games or at the Pike Place Market, strumming her guitar and singing - a blind Joan Baez of the streets. Sat Feb 3 2001 10:18:13  Dr. Venkatesan Deenadayalu - convicted of fondling patient Naperville, Illinois Doctor sentenced in abuse of patient -- (Chicago Tribune) A Naperville doctor who was convicted of criminal sexual abuse and battery of a female patient was ordered Friday to spend 10 days on a sheriff's work detail, placed on probation for 2 years, and told to receive counseling and register as a sex offender. Sat Feb 3 2001 09:24:38  HOLLY ANN HUGHES, 7 - vanished July, 1981 Andre Rand, 56 - convicted child abductor Staten Island, New York Man charged in girl's 1981 kidnapping -- (NY Daily News) Nearly 20 years after Holly Ann Hughes went out to buy a bar of soap and never returned home, a Staten Island grand jury has indicted a former drifter on charges he kidnapped the 7-year-old girl, authorities said yesterday. Sat Feb 3 2001 09:13:32  Jose Tecum - found guilty Fort Myers, Florida Man sent to prison for kidnapping and slavery -- (POSTnet) A man who kidnapped a woman in Guatemala, smuggled her into Florida, and kept her as an indentured servant has been sentenced to nine years in prison. Sat Feb 3 2001 08:04:57  Efren Saldivar, 31 - "Angel of Death" Los Angeles, California Ex-hospital worker dubbed 'Angel of Death' pleads innocent -- (Nando Times) A hospital worker who once told police he was the "Angel of Death" pleaded innocent Friday to killing six patients by giving them a drug that stopped their breathing. Fri Feb 2 2001 22:28:21  Omaha, Nebraska 'Jump' played as man threatened to leap off overpass, police say -- (Postnet) As officers negotiated with a man threatening to jump from an overpass, the Van Halen song ``Jump'' played on police radios. Fri Feb 2 2001 21:27:45  Sylva, North Carolina Corpse identified as missing member of Wisconsin family -- (Nando Times) Police have identified a corpse found in dense woods more than a year ago as one of three missing members of a Wisconsin family. The victim's 32-year-old son has been charged with murder. Fri Feb 2 2001 21:06:22  David Mulcahy - convicted unanimously of three murders, seven rapes, and five charges of conspiracy to rape. London, England 'Wicked' sex killer may have many more victims -- (Telegraph UK) Detectives re-opened inquiries into hundreds of unsolved crimes, including murder and rape, yesterday after David Mulcahy was jailed for life for a series of sex attacks and killings described by a judge as "acts of desolating wickedness". They were like two bodies with one brain, raping and killing for kicks -- (Telegraph UK) As David Mulcahy tightened a tourniquet around his teenaged victim's neck, he looked into the eyes of his accomplice John Duffy. "We are in this together. Take it, twist it."Duffy obeyed and within seconds, 19-year-old Alison Day was dead. How a wife and mother has kept her terrible secret for 16 years -- (Telegraph UK) Timetable of the attacks -- (Telegraph UK) Fri Feb 2 2001 20:41:40  San Fernando, California Robbers Get Bashed By Determined Brothers -- (Channel 2000) A pair of robbers who attempted to steal from a San Fernando family barely escaped with their lives Monday night. "I wanted to kill the guy," Tony Chavez told the Daily News, referring to one of the home invaders whom he and his brother had fought off. It was around 11:00 p.m. when 16-year-old Tony and a friend were standing in the open garage of the Gomez home on Seventh Street and two masked men approached with guns. Fri Feb 2 2001 20:07:20  Tommy Lynn Sells - 20 year criminal history Sells: 'I cut their throats, then got out of Dodge' -- (Register-News) His only mistake was letting someone live through one of his vicious attacks, said accused serial killer Tommy Lynn Sells who was the focus of Thursday night's "48 Hours" news program. Fri Feb 2 2001 18:09:55  SARAH PAYNE, 4 - abducted and murdered July, 2000 Roy Whiting - arrested and released twice already West Sussex, England Sarah suspect 'to be rearrested' -- (BBC) A suspect in the murder of schoolgirl Sarah Payne could soon be charged, according to BBC sources. Fri Feb 2 2001 17:56:45  Whitney Houston - pop diva Hawaii Plot thickens in Whitney's Hawaii pot-boiler -- (E! Online) All the pop diva had to do to get her rap sheet wiped clean was pay a few fines, donate some money to an antidrug group and submit a substance-abuse assessment... Fri Feb 2 2001 15:05:40  Felton, Pennsylvania Machete attack injures 3 at Pennsylvania school -- (CNN) A man armed with a machete and a baseball bat injured three women at an elementary school Friday, emergency officials said. It was not immediately known if any children were harmed. Fri Feb 2 2001 15:01:06  LINDA ADANALIA, 37 - collapsed in parking lot February 11, 2000 Fresno, California Rare poison tied to woman's death -- (SF Gate) Family had body exhumed in hope of solving medical mystery. Fri Feb 2 2001 08:52:41  Linda Harley, 38 - charged with beating her sons New York Badly beaten boys ride cross country train and nobody notices -- (NJO News) A Brooklyn grand jury issued a 41-count indictment against the mother of two boys rode who she allegedly beat so severely during a cross-country odyssey that one of them lost part of his lips. Fri Feb 2 2001 08:48:56  Palmdale, California Ice cream man beaten, robbed; three men held -- (LA Daily Times) A 67-year-old ice cream vendor was beaten and robbed of his day's earnings by at least three young men who ordered ice cream bars and then refused to pay, sheriff's deputies said. Fri Feb 2 2001 08:44:49  Hanover, New Hampshire Authorities release more information regarding Dartmouth professors’ Deaths -- (abc NEWS) Dartmouth College professors Susanne and Half Zantop were stabbed to death, probably by someone they knew and let into their home, Attorney General Philip McLaughlin said today. Fri Feb 2 2001 08:40:04  Sean "Puffy" Combs - facing weapons and bribery charges New York Puffy trial witness changes his tune -- (New York Post) A prosecution witness in the Sean "Puffy" Combs guns-and-bribes trial changed his rap yesterday, coming up with a new story more in tune with the defense. Fri Feb 2 2001 08:36:26  New York Boy, 9, arrested in needle attacks -- (NY Daily News) A 9-year-old Bronx boy brandishing a hypodermic needle went on a rampage during his gym class yesterday, jabbing four classmates, who had to be hospitalized, police said. Fri Feb 2 2001 08:33:17 ALEXANDRA GALARZA, 5 - died of blunt force trauma Roxbury, Massachusettes Death of Roxbury girlis ruled a homicide -- (Boston Globe) Medical examiners have declared the death of a 5-year-old girl who was found in cardiac arrest inside a Roxbury apartment Tuesday a homicide. Fri Feb 2 2001 08:28:12  Alfred Muller, 58 - entered an innocent plea Washington, D.C. Mayor charged with sexually abusing a child -- (CNN) The mayor of a suburban township has been charged with second-degree sexual abuse after a teen-age boy said he was groped in a bathroom at the Washington National Cathedral. Fri Feb 2 2001 08:25:26 JAMES BULGER, 2 - abducted and murdered in February, 1993 London, England First parole hearing for Bulger killers -- (BBC) The preliminary hearing will decide which witnesses are required for the full parole hearing that will decide whether Robert Thompson and Jon Venables, both 18, can be released. |
